A success story by Anonymous Patient treated for Depression & Anxiety
I felt like there was always something wrong with me.
It started years ago with some depressive episodes that were compounded by anxiety. These conditions led to sleeplessness, irritability and just no feeling well. Going so long not feeling well caused many other problems too. I would get sick a lot, get headaches, gain weight very quickly, and want to sleep all the time. I spend what little energy I had trying to not appear depressed or anxious on the outside while it was eating away at the inside.
After all these symptoms taking their toll for years I started developing other problems. A Giant Cell Lesion (bony tumor) on my jaw that had to be removed. A Cervical Polyp that caused weakness and a lot of bleeding until it was removed. Unexplained reactions (swelling around my eyes) that doctors could not figure out and a Bladder infection. More and more headaches were occurring but according to blood tests were not migraines. It was always something.
On top of all these problems and the depression/anxiety I was on multiple medications for various symptoms:
- Prozac – for depression/anxiety
- Wellbutrin – for depression/anxiety
- Klonpin – for anxiety
- Ambien – for sleeplessness
- Zyrtec – for allergies
- Various others depending on what was going on at the time (infections etc)
I felt like the medications were controlling my life! And they were not even making me feel better. They were just “band-aids.”
I decided to seek alternative treatment when I went to psychiatrist and wanted to try to get off some of the medications. I would like to have kids eventually and all the medication cannot be good. His response to me was to not mess with it if I am feeling okay and that if/when I did get pregnant he would probably need to increase dosages! INCREASE THEM! That is when I drew the line and knew I needed to find something else.
I am just finishing up the Relief Phase of my acupuncture and am happy to say that I now take no prescriptions and am feeling very good. I still have a ways to go since I did have so many various symptoms when I first started treatment, but I am very impressed with my results so far!